UN adopts the Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
On 31 October 2003 the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (Resolution 58/4); 141 countries signed at the December 2003 Mérida ceremony and it entered into force on 14 December 2005. In the causal graph this event strengthens Anti-corruption enforcement capacity, a driver that strengthens Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia — an improving welfare path.
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On 31 October 2003 the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (Resolution 58/4); 141 countries signed at the December 2003 Mérida ceremony and it entered into force on 14 December 2005. It is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument, with about 190 states parties, mandating criminalization, prevention, international cooperation and asset recovery.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
United Nations General Assembly
OrganizationDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.9 · verified
Directly created the global legal framework that anchors national anti-corruption enforcement, strengthening the enforcement-capacity driver worldwide.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactUN adopts the Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
- strengthensDriverAnti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicators (4)Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
impact weight 0.6 · Effect from 31 October 2003 · verified
The only binding universal anti-corruption treaty obliges states to build criminalization, prevention and asset-recovery capacity, structurally raising enforcement intensity worldwide.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.48 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.8)
Observed
50 index score (0-100) · at the normal line (2025)
At normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.36 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.6)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.4)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.3)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorUnited Nations General Assembly
- contributed toFactUN adopts the Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
- strengthensDriverAnti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicatorCorruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
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Factrail. (2026). UN adopts the Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gov-uncac-adopted-2003
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Accessed 17 October 2026.
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